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On July 9, 118: Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome.

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Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome.

Year 118 (CXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Hadrianus and Fuscus. The denomination 118 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Born on July 9

Conor Bradley 2003– Northern Irish footballer (born 2003)
Claire Corlett 1999– Canadian actress (born 1999)
Mitch Larkin 1993– Australian swimmer (born 1993)
DeAndre Yedlin 1993– American soccer player (born 1993)
Mitchel Musso 1991– American actor and singer (born 1991)
Earl Bamber 1990– New Zealand racing driver
Fábio 1990– Brazilian former footballer (born 1990)
Rafael 1990– Brazilian former footballer (born 1990)
Raul Rusescu 1988– Romanian footballer (born 1988)
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Gert Jõeäär 1987– Estonian cyclist (born 1987)
Rebecca Sugar 1987– American animator and musician (born 1987)
Sébastien Bassong 1986– Cameroonian professional footballer (born 1986)
Simon Dumont 1986– American freestyle skier
Kiely Williams 1986– American singer
Paweł Korzeniowski 1985– Polish swimmer (born 1985)
Ashley Young 1985– English footballer (born 1985)
Chris Campoli 1984– Canadian ice hockey player
Gianni Fabiano 1984– Italian footballer

People

Died on July 9

Ian Blair British police officer (1953–2025)
Glen Michael British television presenter and entertainer (1926–2025)
Joe Bonsall American singer (1948–2024)
Diana Hill New Zealand biochemist (1943–2024)
Jim Inhofe American politician (1934–2024)
Maxine Singer American biologist (1931–2024)
Jerzy Stuhr Polish actor (1947–2024)
John Gwynne British sports commentator and columnist (1945–2022)
William E. Dannemeyer American politician (1929–2019)
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Ross Perot American businessman and politician (1930–2019)
Fernando de la Rúa President of Argentina from 1999 to 2001
Rip Torn American actor (1931–2019)
Freddie Jones English actor (1927–2019)
Christian Audigier French fashion designer (1958–2015)
Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saudi royal and foreign minister (1940–2015)
Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín Musical artist
David Azrieli Israeli-Canadian entrepreneur (1922–2014)
Eileen Ford American model agency executive (1922–2014)

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  1. 118 Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome.

    Calendar year

    Year 118 (CXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Hadrianus and Fuscus. The denomination 118 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  2. 381 The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I.

    381 AD council of Christian bishops

    The First Council of Constantinople was a council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople in AD 381 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I. This second ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom, except for the Western Church, confirmed the Nicene Creed, expanding the doctrine thereof to produce the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, and dealt with sundry other matters. It met from May to July 381 in the Church of Hagia Irene and was affirmed as ecumenical in 451 at the Council of Chalcedon for Chalcedonian Christianity and the Second Council of Ephesus for the Oriental Orthodox Churches.

  3. 491 Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theoderic the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces Odoacer back into Ravenna.

    Ruler of Italy (c. 433 – 493)

    Odoacer, also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who was an officer of the Roman army and deposed the Western Roman child emperor Romulus Augustulus to become the ruler of Italy (476–493). Odoacer's overthrow of Romulus Augustulus is traditionally understood as marking the end of the Western Roman Empire.

  4. 551 A major earthquake strikes Beirut, triggering a devastating tsunami that affects the coastal towns of Byzantine Phoenicia, causing thousands of deaths.

    Earthquake off the Lebanese coast

    5 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum felt intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It triggered a devastating tsunami which affected the coastal towns of Byzantine Phoenicia, causing great destruction and sinking many ships. Overall large numbers of people were reported killed, with one estimate of 30,000 by the anonymous pilgrim of Piacenza for Berytus alone.

  5. 660 Korean forces under general Kim Yu-sin of Silla defeat the army of Baekje in the Battle of Hwangsanbeol.

    Silla-era Korean general (595–673)

    Kim Yu-sin was a Korean military general and politician in 7th-century Silla. He led the unification of the Korean Peninsula by Silla under the reign of King Muyeol and King Munmu. He is said to have been the great-grandchild of King Guhae of Geumgwan Gaya, the last ruler of the Geumgwan Gaya state.

  6. 869 The 8.4–9.0 Mw Sanriku earthquake strikes the area around Sendai in northern Honshu, Japan. Inundation from the tsunami extended several kilometers inland.
  7. 969 The Fatimid general Jawhar leads the Friday prayer in Fustat in the name of Caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, thereby symbolically completing the Fatimid conquest of Egypt.
  8. 1357 Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
  9. 1386 The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Duchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
  10. 1401 Timur attacks the Jalairid Sultanate and destroys Baghdad.
  11. 1540 King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
  12. 1572 Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs, in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
  13. 1609 Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
  14. 1701 A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
  15. 1745 French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
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  1. 1755 The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
  2. 1762 Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
  3. 1763 The Mozart family grand tour of Europe begins, lifting the profile of son Wolfgang Amadeus.
  4. 1776 George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
  5. 1789 In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
  6. 1790 The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
  7. 1793 The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
  8. 1795 Financier James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt that had been accrued during the American Revolution.
  9. 1807 The second Treaty of Tilsit is signed between France and Prussia, ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
  10. 1810 Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
  11. 1811 Explorer David Thompson posts a sign near what is now Sacajawea State Park in Washington state, claiming the Columbia District for the United Kingdom.
  12. 1815 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
  13. 1816 Argentina declares independence from Spain.
  14. 1821 Four hundred and seventy prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence.
  15. 1850 U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President Millard Fillmore.

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